Snowplow for automobiles



H. G. WARD.

SNOWPLOW FOR AUTOMOBILES.

FILED DECJL 1920. 2 SHEETS-SHEET K.

Feb. 20,1923. '1,446,363.

Feb. 20, 1923.

H. C. WARD.

SNOWPLOW FOR AUTOMOBILES.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

FILED DEC. 8,1920.

Patented Feb. 2li), i923..

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Application led December S, 1820. Serial No. 429,144.

To @ZZ whom t may concer? 'lje it known that l, HENRY C. lWARD, a citizen ot the United States, residing at Canon City, in the county of Fremont and State oiI Colorado7 have invented certain new and useful improvements in Snowplows for Automobiles; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full7 Cleary and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

'llhe object of the invention is to provide a simple and etiicient snow plow or track cleaning attachment for motor cars such as auton'iobiles, for progressively clearing a track or path in advance of the car and discharging the snow laterally to aiord a tree passage for the wheels of the car; and more particularly to provide a device for the purpose indicated which may be readily applied to and removed from the car and may be used without straining or causing injury thereto; and with these objects in view the invention consists in a construction and coinbination oi parts of which a preferred embodiment is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein: i

Figure l is a plan view of a snow plow attachment applied in the operative position to a vehicle of the automobile type.

Figure 2 is a side view of the same,

lligure 3 is a front view,

Figure et is a bottom plan view thereof.

The attachment is adapted to be arranged at the forward end of a motor vehicle 9 and consists essentially of a pair of runners or supporting members lO that have 'their rear portions shaped to contorni to the vfront spring of the vehicle and are secured thereto by clamps l0. rllhe clamps l0 support the members or runners l() in a forwardly inclined posit-ion and with their rear ends in abutting engagement with the front axle. The runners or members i() are connected by a transverse bar ill and carry at their fon ward ends ay shovel i2 which is disposed in a downwardly and forwardly inclined position so as to position the forward edge thereof adjacent to the surface to be traversed. i

The shovel in addition to the lateral wings il which are provided with side tenders l5 embodies the rleilectingwings i6 'which are convergently disposed downwardly and are united to provide a iront cutting or dividinclined upward toaiiord a shearing acot the snow so as to ing edge 'il' which is ward its front end to tion upon the surface readily penetrate the same in preparation Ytor the engagement thereof by the transverse edge 18 at the lower ends of the lat eral wines, and as the snow passes upward over the surfaces of the lateral wings, coniined at the outer edges thereof by the` tenders l5, it is moved laterally by the deiiecting wings and is discharged at opposite sides of the path of the car to leave an unobstructed track for the latter.

ln orderthat the lower scooping edge of the shovel may operate close to the surface oit the ground without coming in contact therewith, the runners are preferably provided with shoes QOhaving downwardly deflected rounded bearing portions 2l adjacent to and in rear of the edge of the shovel and adapted to accurately iollow any irregular-A ities in the surface ott the roadway traversed.

inasmuch as the pushing of the plow is effected directly from the front aXle ot the car the likelihood ot straining or otherwise injuring the car is reduced to the minimum and at the saine time the tendency is always to press the forward or scooping edge of the shovel downward and thus hold it eti'ectively to its work in raising and laterally transferring the snow so as to open a path for the machine. u

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is :`h

l. rfi snow plow comprising supporting beams cut adjacent their rear ends to conform to the curvature ot the front springs of a vehicle and adapted to be clamped to said springs with their rear ends abutting the liront axle oi the vehiclej runners having rounded resilient ground engaging portions secured to the lower side et said beams ad-` jacent their front ends, and plow blades cured to the front end oi said beam and adapted to deflect snow to either side thereof.

2. A snow plow comprising supporting beams cut adjacent their rear ends to coniorni to the curvature of the iront springs of a vehicle and adapted to be clamped to said springs with their rear ends abutting the `trent axle of the vehicle. runners having rounded resilient ground enga@ g por tio s `secured tothe .lower side oit .sa l beams adjacent their :iront ends, and plow blades secured to the iront ends of said bea-ms and llO adapted to deflect snow to either side thereof, said plow -blades comprising a pair of s by the snow is deflected further to either ide of the blades. l0

1n testimony 'whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

`HENRY C. VARD.

Witnesses: Y

T. V. HODGIN, M. BLANCHE BENSON. 

